Pledge to end hospital waiting lists

ENDING hospital waiting lists would be a “guarantee” rather than an aspiration under a Fine Gael government, health spokesman Dr James Reilly said.

The party would change the current financing system for hospitals so that they get paid per patient rather than per year.

“No longer will hospitals receive a budget for a year, so that when the money runs out, operations cease, regardless of how inefficiently the money’s been used,” Dr Reilly said.